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80 Cards in this Set
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Ambiguous
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Unclear or doubtful in meaning
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Apathy
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Lack of caring, indifference
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Benevolent
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generous, charitable
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Disdain
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view with scorn or contempt
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Discerning
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mentally quick and observant
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Depravity
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Extreme corruption, wickedness
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Redundant
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Exceeding what is necessary, repetitous, wordy
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Insipid
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lacking in flavor; dull
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Preclude
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Make impossible, prevent
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Nullify
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To make invalid
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Censure
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Blame, criticize
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Morose
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sullen, gloomy
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Laconic
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Brief, to the point
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Implicit
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Understood but not stated
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Hackneyed
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commonplace, not original
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Gregarious
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sociable
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Piety
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religious devotion, Godliness
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Extol
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Praise, glorify
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Flagrant
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conspicuously wicked, blatant
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Emaciated
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thin and wasted
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Banal
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Commonplace, lacking originality
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Hedonist
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Ones who believes pleasure is the sole aim in life
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Florid
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reddish, flowery
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Eclectic
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made up of elements from different sources
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Desiccate
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To dry up
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Deliniate
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portray, present
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Daunt
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Intimidate, frighten
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Credulity
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Belief on little evidence, gullibility
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Conciliatory
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Soothing, reconciling
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Arbitrary
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Determined by impulse or whim, tyrranical
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Ambivalence
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The state of having conflicting emotional attitudes
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Acquiesce
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Agree without protesting
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Virulent
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Extremely poisonous, violent, hostile
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Venerate
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Revere, worship
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Torpor
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Sluggishness, inactivity
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Sychophant
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Servile flatterer, yes-man
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Stagnant
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Motionless, stale, dull
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Savory
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Tasty, pleasing, attractive
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Sanction
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Approve, authorize
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Refute
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Disprove, prove wrong
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hypocritical
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expressing feelings contradictory to own virtues
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implication
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something hinted or suggested
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instigate
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provoke, urge, start
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meticulous
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excessively careful, painstaking, ALISON
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mundane
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ordinary, worldly as opposed to spiritual
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Altruistic
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unselfishly generous, concerned for others
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censorious
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critical
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condone
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overlook, excuse, give tacit approval
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discrepancy
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lack of consistency, difference
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disparage
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belittle
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Efface
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erase, rub out
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enigma
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puzzle, mystery
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exacerbate
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worsen, embitter
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fanaticism
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extreme devotion to a belief or cause; excessive zeal
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immutable
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unchangable
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infamous
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notorious
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laud
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praise
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mitigate
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calm
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perfunctory
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not thorough
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anarchist
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person who seeks to overturn the established government
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indict
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charge; accuse of a crime
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adulation
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flattery; admiration
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blighted
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suffering from disease; destroyed
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coercion
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use of force to get somebody to obey
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guile
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deceit; cunning
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impecunious
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without money
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insuperable
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insurmountable; unbeatable
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lethargic
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drowsy;sluggish
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notoriety
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ill fame; disrepute
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obdurate
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stubborn
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beguile
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to mislead or delude
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deprecate
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express disapproval of; protest against
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placate
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to appease; to pacify
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quandary
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dilemma; situation requiring a choice between two evenly balanced alt
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reticence
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silence; reluctance to talk
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spurious
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false; counterfeit
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terse
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brief; abrupt; concise
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adversary
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opponent
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affirmation
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positive declaration; confirmation
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concise
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brief and compact
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